Through Angola A Coming Colony
Author:
Statham Colonel J.C.B
Year:
1922
Edition:
1st
Publisher:
William Blackwood & Sons
Summary:
xvi ? 388, Frontis and 27plates with 137 illustrations from photographs, 4 charts and 2 folding maps. Ownership stamp of "Tanganyika Holdings Limited" to front blank endpaper. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title and sable head to the upper cover and spine. A very good + copy in DUST JACKET, the dj has a few small chips to the head of the spine and front upper edge otherwise DJ complete. Stratham trekked throughout Angola observing the landscape and people, but with interesting stalking giant sable of which he collected several world -class trophies near the Loando river. There are also episodes of hunting lion and leopard. Of additional interest are the reproductions of wild game spoor superimposed over the text describing the wildlife of the region. A difficult title to find and more so in dust jacket., Czech 264.
Ref:
24504
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